jhaydon wrote:
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>From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Chad Perrin
>Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:30 PM
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re: Slug Newbie here...
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>Bryan J. Smith wrote:
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>>And men wonder why some women don't want to be part of technical
>>organizations or the field altogether? Sigh.
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>>I guess if you're going to make a comment about women, maybe use a
>>female of reference that is more representative of the type of woman
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>we
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>>could expect? Playing right into that one thing I dislike (yes, as a
>>man, and I'm sure many women do tloo) is the continual facination with
>>actresses.
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>>So broaden your horizons gentlemen! There are many intelligent,
>>technical and attractive women that might be more representative of a
>>prospective female newbie. At least don't mention someone that is
>>rather non-representative, let alone try to keep the sexual innuendo
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>>a minimum.
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>>Just my $0.02 ... Of course I even think "outside the box" when it
>>comes to women too.
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>Get off your high horse. Would you like me to start bitching about the
>fact that you just stereotyped women with geekish interests? Who's to
>say that Angelina Jolie isn't a computer geek when the media isn't
>looking? Is the fact that she's famous, hourglass-shaped, and possessed
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>of pouty lips some kind of instant indicator that she couldn't possibly
>be interested in Linux? Are you trying to say that all Linux-using
>women are ugly by popular standards?
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>Don't bother to answer any of the above. I really don't care. Get over
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>yourself.
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>--
>Chad
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Not that I should mention this but Asia Carrera ( a porn star) is big
into linux and computers and very geeky. Also can write a nice article
as she had written a few in Maxinmum Linux and one in MPC before.
Though I should not get into this thread. Just pointing out that there
are other attrictive fine young ladys who are geeks that is all.
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>I'm still looking for a single woman who can burn a CD/DVD on a CLI. I
>know two that can, but they are both married.
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>James Haydon
>Systems Analyst
>The J.M. Stewart Corporation
>stewartsigns.com
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